Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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Due to road closures along Highway 1 to our north and south, Esalen is closed through April 11.
Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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Restructuring Your Life: Making Inner and Outer Changes That Align With Who You Are Now

July 28–31, 2023

Jennifer Ward and Ron Ames

There comes a time in every person’s life when it’s clear that a restructuring is needed — that the framework you’ve built isn’t serving you any longer. You may feel that you are spending too much time on things that are no longer a priority. Or there’s something you really want to be doing, but other things get in the way. Or you are living your life according to an old story you’ve outgrown. Maybe you’ve made an internal shift, but your outer life hasn’t caught up.

How do we go about making fundamental life changes in a way that aligns with who we are now? That is the question we will explore in this highly interactive program. During the workshop, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Complete self-assessments that bring clarity to what’s working in your life and what’s out of balance.
  • Sort out priorities and discern what’s most essential .
  • Identify core values and intentions so that you are clear about how you wish to live your life.
  • Understand the self-defeating patterns that keep you from having the life you want.
  • Practice mindfulness tools that support staying true to what’s most important and help you reorient when you inevitably get off track.

Are you ready to engage in a meaningful process of inner exploration that will set the course for a more authentic life? If so, please join us for this workshop where you can learn essential skills to make life changes with clarity and intention.

Jennifer Ward

Jennifer Ward is a certified Life Balance strategist who offers individual sessions and group programs on how to skillfully navigate life changes and cultivate well-being independent of conditions. She completed Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Strategist Training in 2018. 

In addition to teaching at Esalen Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and 1440 Multiversity, Jennifer also leads programs and trainings offered by Life Balance Institute.

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Ron Ames

Ron Ames is a filmmaker, meditation teacher, and certified Life Balance strategist. He is a senior teacher at InsightLA in Santa Monica, CA. Ron trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and InsightLA as a dharma teacher and secular mindfulness teacher.

Since training with Phillip Moffitt and becoming a certified Life Balance strategist, Ron has been leading workshops and working with private clients and companies to build their capacity to make skillful changes.

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